USB MICROPHONES

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:20 pm

anyone got one? good bad shitty awesome ?

arcadedave · Post by **arcadedave** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:46 pm

I use the Zoom H2 as USB mic. Sounds alright, can be hard to get close micing right.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:49 pm

I borrowed a Samson C01U off MikeG for a while- pretty decent although I could never get its software to work, so had to tweak everything within Windows sound management.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:53 pm

I used the USB mic from Guitar Hero to record my sound clips when I was looking for clean boost suggestions. Seemed to work ok.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:19 pm

arcadedave wrote:I use the Zoom H2 as USB mic. Sounds alright, can be hard to get close micing right.

i did this for a while, but it suddenly stopped working with audacity for no particular reason.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:45 pm

Guitar Hero USB mic is what i've been using, sounds alright but you can't get too loud.

arcadedave · Post by **arcadedave** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:59 pm

stewart wrote:
arcadedave wrote:I use the Zoom H2 as USB mic. Sounds alright, can be hard to get close micing right.
i did this for a while, but it suddenly stopped working with audacity for no particular reason.

Mine does that too, usually 20 minutes quiet time and its fighting fit again. Derned machines.

MikeG · Post by **MikeG** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:15 pm

It's nice to be able to just plug and play with the mic. I haven't used the Samson software for a while.

I'd probably just buy a standard one in future, though.

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:28 pm

The blue icicle will let you convert any XLR to USB. Everything I've recorded with it sounds pretty nice.

- Steve